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LIBRARY REFURBISHMENT ON TRACK FOR OPENING
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With construction of the Main Library’s new wing now complete, the long-awaited refurbishment of the Library’s principal service floors (Level 2 and the Mezzanine floor) is underway. | |
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NEW INTEGRATED SERVICE POINT FOR INFORMATION SERVICES
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As part of the move into the new Library extension the Integrated Service Desk has been launched to provide staff and students with a one-stop-shop for in person assistance with services and facilities | |
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COMPUTER LABORATORIES ON LEVEL 1 TO BE REFURBISHED
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 With the move of Information Services staff into the new Library wing in early May, the former Information Services offices in the computer laboratory precinct are being refurbished to create new computer laboratories and improved facilities. | |
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MICROSOFT OFFICE 2007 ROLLOUT
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Microsoft Office 2007 is currently available on all student use computers and is progressively being deployed to staff computers across the campus. The new versions of Office applications (Word, Excel and so on) provide new intuitive interfaces that simplify processes for organising and managing content. | |
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WIRELESS EVERYWHERE!
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Wireless coverage has now been extended across campus to teaching and learning areas and all Student Residences. To further improve the Wireless service consideration will be given to providing coverage in new areas and augmenting bandwidth within the existing wireless coverage.
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CHECK OUT BOND'S NEW ONLINE COMPUTER SHOP
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If you are looking to buy software or a computer, check out the options available via the Bond University Online Computer Shop. Staff and students can use the links on this website to privately purchase computer hardware and software at educational discount prices. | |
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NEW WEBSITE ON TARGET FOR JUNE LAUNCH
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 Mid-June is the target date for the launch of the University’s new public website. The new website structure is student-focussed with some major differences in the way information is organised compared to the current site. Information sessions are being scheduled to introduce staff to the new structure before it goes public.This will be the first site launched as part of the Enterprise Content Management System Project. The project has seen collaboration across the university with representatives from every organisational unit being involved with stakeholder consultation, planning and content preparation. 2500+ pages of content will be migrated to the new system (Oracle Universal Content Manager) and around 40 staff have been trained in web page content creation and metadata management.
One of the main aims of the project is to implement a distributed content management model with less reliance on technical skills for the University’s website and the staff intranet. Most web content will be managed via a web browser interface and will not require specialised software or extensive training for users. Additional training sessions to extend the pool of content contributors will be held after the site has been launched and the system is bedded down.
Upcoming project activities:
- Degree and Fields of Study content to be uploaded
- Security testing
- Load testing
- Workflow training for content contributers and approvers
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AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS CURFS AVAILABLE TO BOND RESEARCHERS
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Bond researchers have access to specialised sets of data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics called Confidentialised Unit Record Files (known by the acronym “CURFs”). | |
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NEW LAW JOURNALS AVAILABLE ONLINE
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The Library has expanded its collection of online law journals from Lawbook Online. This includes the Australian Law Journal now available from its original 1927 issue. | |
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DISCOVER MORE OF THE WEB OF SCIENCE
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To complement our current Web of Science subscription, access is available until the end of 2009 to an additional fifteen years of research (from 1985 to 1999) in the sciences, social sciences and humanities. | |
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For more information, please contact:
Information Services
Bond University
Gold Coast, Australia 4229
Ph: +61 7 5595 1510
Fax: +61 7 5595 1480
Email: library@bond.edu.au
For details on how to subscribe to the online version please visit:
www.bond.edu.au/library
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| FROM THE DIRECTOR |
I write this column as the new Director of Information Services and welcome you back to Semester 2. This semester we are in our new temporary library facility while the Main Library is being refurbished and due for opening in October. 
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BOND UNIVERSITY, GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND 4229 AUSTRALIA
Telephone: +61 7 5595 1111
Fax: +61 7 5595 1140
Email: enews@bond.edu.au
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Alan has served for 18 years as an educator, including 14 years as a High School Principal. 
Debbie worked as a Librarian at Melbourne University for ten years before moving to the Gold Coast in 1996. 
Gabriella has called the Gold Coast home for 3 ½ years and has recently joined Bond as a Customer Support Officer in the Service Desk team. 
Regina hails from Christchurch NZ where she worked in the Financial Services section of the University of Canterbury for a number of years. 
Nathan has lived on the Gold Coast most of his life and has worked in the IT industry for just over 9 years. 
Erica is a Library Assistant in the Information Resources team, where she works mainly on purchasing and cataloguing resources. 
Jared has joined Information Services after recently completing his degree in Information Technology on the Gold Coast.
